À propos de ce lieu
The Plaza de Santo Domingo takes its name from a large and powerful convent that once dominated this spot, founded in the thirteenth century and demolished in the nineteenth. Today the square is a modern, open space, remodelled with a fountain and a gentle slope, sitting just a block from the roaring Gran Vía, Madrid's great early-twentieth-century boulevard of cinemas and shops. For visitors the square's chief delight lies above it: several buildings here, including a well-known hotel, have rooftop terraces that open onto sweeping views across the tiled roofs of old Madrid toward the domes of the cathedral and the mountains beyond. It makes a perfect pause, a chance to see from above the very streets you have been walking through.
À retenir
- 1218 year — A Dominican convent was founded here, giving the square its name before its 19th-century demolition
- 1910 year — Work began nearby on the Gran Vía, the grand boulevard a block from the square
- 360 degrees — The panorama from the square's rooftop terraces over central Madrid
📍 Plaza de Santo Domingo, 28013, Madrid